Chapter 35: Got Recognised by the Emperor
Just then Xing felt her hand being pulled hardly from the back. "What the.. ?", she gasped as she remembered Haru’s not watching her back and looking at Shengli’s reaction, her first instinct was to punch. She held her punch seeing the one who pulled her was the emperor.
Great! I have actually almost punched him! Now what, will they chop my hand off?
Hearing her voice, Shengli saw Xing was pulled by the emperor. Xing saw Shengli ’s first expression when she was pulled was fear and panic like he was losing something . She wondered why he would be scared if she was pulled by his brother. From his angle he could clearly see the one pulling her was the Emperor. But why would he be showing this kind of expression?
But soon his expression changed and he nodded his head, smiling. She looked at the Emperor and he dragged her through the back surrounded by the imperial guards, without saying anything which pissed her off greatly. His grip was tight and she cannot yank her hand out of his grasp.
Xing looked back at her father and brother surrounded by the guards and her uncle was nowhere to be seen and the Zhong men all fighting off the assassins who had already entered the second level of the seatings.
Xing was annoyed to death being pulled along by the Emperor but she was unable to punch him because they were surrounded by the guards and one cannot punch an emperor unless they have a death wish for their entire family.
"Let go", she gritted her teeth. "You have your guards. I am Lord AoTian’s bodyguard. Now let go", she tried to pull her hands, but his grip was too strong.
Has he gone deaf?
"That sword you are having... " the Emperor looked at her and let her hand go after a while. Somehow looking at his calm eyes quelled her anger slightly. The last thing she would want is to be dragged along someone else’s pace.
As she calmed down, she realised the guards around them are acting weird. Their posture revealed that they were well trained but their aura were not as that of protection but murderous and they were following too close for comfort.
This obnoxious Emperor, he realised it early didn’t he? Is that why he dragged me along? Is that why Shengli nodded at me too?
Xing felt glad that Shengli thought she could handle them.